6.3.7
वैयाकरणाख्यायां चतुर्थ्याः
Operational rule vidhi
The Dative -4th Case ending is not elided after आत्मान् when the compound is the name of a technical term in grammar.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context वैयाकरणाख्यायाम् saptamī · ekavacanaTarget चतुर्थ्याः ṣaṣṭhī · ekavacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- Target Ṣaṣṭhī (6th case): names what gets replaced, "in place of X" (1.1.49 षष्ठी स्थानेयोगा).
Full reading
वैयाकरणाख्यायाम् चतुर्थ्याः
Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.
Commentary
The Dative -4th Case ending is not elided after आत्मान् when the compound is the name of a technical term in grammar.
Thus आत्मनेपदम्, आत्मनेभाषा ॥ The compounding takes place by the yoga-vibhaga of sutra 2.1.36, and the force of the Dative is here that of tadartha.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.